Forbidden Promises by Synithia Williams

Author:Synithia Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2019-12-20T14:51:18+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

TRAVIS TOSSED HIS overnight bag into the trunk of his car and slammed it down. He couldn’t wait to get out of town. He’d thrown clothes in a bag the night before and spent the morning straightening his house so he wouldn’t return to a mess. When he’d made the last-minute decision to attend the Asheville Arts Festival, he’d done so because he needed to get out of town and think. After yesterday, he needed to do a lot more than think. He needed deep soul-searching.

He shouldn’t have kissed her. Thing was, he didn’t regret kissing her. Nor did he regret telling her the truth about his marriage. The time to clean up the entire blurry mess between them had come. He couldn’t say they were destined to become something serious, but he could say keeping his feelings to himself was like pulling an 18-wheeler up a hill with a jump rope. Maybe he was being selfish, but he wanted her to know everything. Wanted to see what she’d do with the information.

Travis turned to go back inside for one last sweep of the house before leaving. He heard a car coming down the road but didn’t turn to look. His hand touched the doorknob just as the car slowed and pulled into his driveway. In the reflection of his glass door, he recognized Camille’s red sedan.

He grimaced and cursed. Camille had been trying to interject herself into his trip with all the finesse of an unwanted houseguest. He forced the frown off his face, put on his best I’m-not-annoyed-with-you lawyer smile and turned. He walked back down the drive to meet Camille at her car. If she came inside, he’d never leave.

She jumped out of the car dressed in trendy torn jeans and an off-the-shoulder gray sweater. He glanced in the vehicle. A red leather overnight bag sat in the passenger seat.

“Travis, good, I’d hoped to catch you.” She grinned from ear to ear. Looking as if she was so clever to have caught him in time.

“I was just about to lock the house and go,” Travis replied. “I want to get there early.”

“Well, I couldn’t let you leave without giving you something to think of while you were away.” She slid close and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Maybe you should rethink this idea of going out of town alone.”

She lifted on her toes to kiss him. Travis pulled his head back. Camille’s brows pulled together. She frowned as if he’d just insulted her family’s beer.

Her arms loosened, and Travis pulled them from around his neck. “I won’t be rethinking anything. Camille, we need to talk.”

Camille’s mouth fell open. She sucked in a breath and took two steps back. Holding up a red-tipped finger, she glared daggers. “Oh no, you are not about to dump me in the middle of your driveway.”

Was there a better location to end a relationship? “I don’t know of an easier way to do this.”

“What happened?”

He and Camille had only been dating for a few months.

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